Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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is be . , ,il Ready to fire, Senior catcher Bee Hart winds up to challenge a baserunner. Hart, as catcher, was in charge of the infield. Photo courtesy of the Suburbia Reporter. as A is. is Q 132 O Varsity Baseball 144 A 3'1- WK, ,.3.,,.f'-0,40 4 t 57 ' wal . Us M'- yi, .ua TW -,f M ,, , W. -ff H T ,gg M ge -trt , . . f f r- www' .I sv, .tif-Q-fi, .f ' I W SKU!! jx k .. Mew, ,vgyr tb' 4- N1 4.1, I 7. . ,,Q'fi-ts... V Y, vw' V. ,fm s t 3 -.1 :tv 'raw A M' 'Q ::'ifi.fk4f2 ,.'. --'- 51' 'W-A 6 we-74 l 'Q'ft,' ev GY' T, at u.:,?g't'9 . 4, 45.2-f - V ,xfu ' .-. . f M , ,s 1 If:'-.,.:1H.fa yi., , 1 QB M i A - nw A ,ag A A - . ...1 -gr . ' 4.1 lj. -4 s 'iw' ' - , 1' .'Q4, f-ire 'ig 4. F ' .' r M- ', N f ' A , f 4 ' ' 'f ?W .,, A l t' My H 'L A . - N' Z g A 71.'7S?' . . ,nn . , me any W ,nigwa VM., .. . o...,,,g.-i ,J , ,,,,. M L4 I r -'-5. . r ' -. .erin 45 4-3.-nun: r-e.:f....f- . . --we 4 Baserunning was an important facet of the In picture one, Cook moves down the first basl Pictures two and three show Cook leanu Mustang offensive attack. In this sequence of line, keeping to the right in case the ball goes over the bag stretching like 1 track runn shots, Senior Iames Cook shows the hustle through the infield, allowing him to round the leaning for a finish line Photos courtesy of tll characteristic of Memorial runners. bag. Suburbia Reporter

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T mol-1 Tracksters endure area losses Adjustments to a new coach, Mrs. Sally Wilson as well as the loss of a large number of members were just a few of the difficulties that affected the girls' track team throughout the season. Hard work helped the small team to win various titles at some meets, but brought only a sixth place victory t the District meet, and only one eam member qualified for egic Because of injuries the team was smaller, but Kathy Sorsby did do well in hurdles lplacing fourth in Districtj and Karin Andreini was outstanding in the discus twinning the District titlej, explained Mrs. Wilson. Although the team overall didn't do well, boys' track member junior Kevin McIntosh won District in the long jump, setting a new District and school record of 23'4 .bU by Susan McBride Weeks of practice ultimately pay off at track meets. Runners representing Northbrook, Memorial, Spring Branch and Katy compete for District. Photo by Dan Thompson. J-NB-4 ., Relief crosses Senior track member Mark Stockham's face as he breaks the ribbon to win his heat. Photo by Scott Coleman. Hurdles are not an obstacle for Freshman Bruce Perkins as he strides to clear the top dur- ing track workout after school. Photo by Ken Tekell. Track O 131 . ,gf- ,QK ,,yr,,.,,a

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H it an d Run Pitching points Mustang upward Baseball has never been the big sport around the school. Football ins the prize for fan support. owever, with the football team fall- ng short of district and basketball en- ing with the bi-district game, ustang supporters rallied behind he baseball team. Early reports forecasted an ex- ellent season for the Mustangs. owever, a fumbling first round oiled plans for a district sweep. Tryouts for the team began ebruary 4. New members were 'mited because there were nine eturning Varsity lettermen. They ere Seniors David Baldwin, Iames ook, Bee Hart, Ben Heinrich, Iay Il- r, Mark Krog, Iames McCain, onald Puntch and Randy Smith. A different approach was taken in aining the players. We ran quite a it more this year than last. Speed lays a big part in the game, said oach Bill Cronin. Coach Cronin, with help from Assistant Coach Cary Coffey had the final say in the decisions. We took the game and broke it down into key basics: throwing, hitting and speed. We also looked for knowledge of the game, said Cronin, The strengths for the team were in pitching, hitting and fielding. Pitching was led by Dave Big Guy Baldwin. Baldwin amassed an awesome season record of 16-1. Baldwin contributes much of his success to his amazing split finger fastball. My split finger fastball sinks so batters hit grounders. Because my infield of Cook, Krog, Smith and Coltrin was so devastating, it made that pitch my best, he said. continued on page 134 Safe at home, Senior Trey Brittain crosses the plate on a base hit. The Mustangs defeated Stratford to move into the playoffs. Photo courtesy of the Suburbia Reporter. Power hitting was supplied by designated hit- ter, Iunior Craig Rathjen who hit a home run in the second game of the Spring Woods play-off series. Photo courtesy of the Suburbia Reporter. L.. , , . YN- L.. Qffifn , 7 ' jf X ., ' . ... Smoke steaming from his mouth, Senior Seth Howell made the most of his power hits. These hits boosted his high season into leading in home runs. Photo by Doug Whitehead. Varsity Baseball I 133